Table-leg fastener.



No. 892,889. PATENTED JULY '7, 1908.

- A. J. INNES.

TABLE LEG PASTENBR. APPLICATION FILED p01. 7, 1907.

i I 8 78a, 7737a ALEXANDER J. INNES, OF SUTHERLAND, IOWA.

TABLE-LEG- FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Application filed October 7, 1907. Serial No. 396,291.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER J. INNES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sutherland, in the county of OBrien and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Table-Leg Fastener, of which the followm is aspecification.

' In the construction of tables with removable legs, difficulty issometimes experienced, because of the fact that the side strains uponthe legs due to the floor friction when the table is moved, often pullsthe bolts from the legs or loosens the blocks from the table top.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide novel,simple and efi'ective means for securing the leg to the top so that theformer is thoroughly braced and side strain instead of a direct pull isapplied to the fastening means.

The referred embodiment of the invention is lustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a vertical sectional viewthrough one corner of a table, showing the leg secured by the improvedmeans. Fig. 2 is a bottom lan view of the corner. Fig. 3 is a sectionaview showing the fastening means in elevation. Fig. 4 is a plan view ofthe socket member. Fi 5 is a detail sectional view showing a slight ymodified form of construction.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated, the top of the table is designated 5, andis provided with angularly disposed side rails 6. In the angle formed bythese rails is located a bridge piece 7 substantially triangular in formand secured to the lower margins of the rail by any suitable fasteningmeans. The outer corner of the bridge piece is referably rounded so thatit may be appliec not only to rails, with which a sharp corner isformed, but can be applied to tables in which the corners are rounded.The bridge piece, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 3 is spaced from the under side of the table top,and secured to said under side by screws 8 or other suitable fastenersis a socket member 9 that is located above the bridge piece and is alsospaced from said bridge plece. The brid e piece is preferably though notnecessarily braced by an arm 10 secured at 11 to the under side of thetable top, said arm being located upon the upper side of the bridgepiece, and fastened thereto by screws 12. The table leg 13, which may beof any suitable configuration or design, is provided at its upper endwith a tapered shank 14 that is threaded and is screwed throu h atapered opening 15 formed in the bri' ge iece. The upper end of thisshank is provic ed with a reduced terminal stem 16 that may be integralor may be a screw bolt secured in the shank, as shown in Fig. 5, andthis stem is threaded into the socket of the member 8. The upper end ofthe leg around the lower end of the shank 14 is concaved as shown at 17,providing a peripheral flange 18 that bears against the under side ofthe bridge piece.

It will be evident that this mechanism can be applied to a table topwith little trouble, and it constitutes an effective leg fastener, inthat the strain imparted to the bridge piece and socket member istransverse of the same and there is secured a leverage which materiallyreduces the danger of the parts becoming separated. The use of a taperedshank as shown secures a snug fit in the socket piece and by having theconcaved portion of the leg around the socket piece, a broad bearing forthe upper end of the leg is secured.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation andmany advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art, without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minordetails of construction, may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. Forinstance in Fig. 5, a slightly modified form of construction is shown,wherein the top of the table 5 has beneath it a bridge piece 7 providedwith a tapered opening 7 A socket member 9 is secured to the under sideof the table top and the table leg 13 is provided with a tapered shank14 that fits snugly into the opening 7 b and carries a terminal stem13*. In order to illustrate that the stem may be a separate piece, itis, in this embodiment, so shown, and is threaded into the socket piece9*. The upper end of the leg around the lower end of the shank 14 isconcaved, as shown at 17 a providing a peripheral flange 18" that bearsa ainst the under side of the bridge piece. t is also to be understoodthat the ridge pieces may be made of different lengths so that the legsof the table may be placed-as far underneath the table top and and awayfrom the edge of the table as is desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim. as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In mechanism of the character set forth, the combination with a tabletop having depending side rails, of a bridge piece secured to the siderails in spaced relation to the top and having an upwardly taperedopening therethrough, a member secured against movement to the underside of the top in spaced relation to the bridge piece and side rails,said member having'a threaded socket alined with the opening, and a leghaving an upwardly tapered shank passing through and snugly fitting inthe opening in the bridgepiece, said shank having its upper end threadedinto the socket of said member and being spaced from the side rails ofthe top, the upper end portion of the leg around the shank beingconcaved to provide a flange that bears against the under side of thebridge piece.

2. In mechanism of the character set forth,

the combination with a table top having depending rails, of a bridgepiece connecting the rails and secured thereto, said bridge piece havingan opening therethrough, a brace connecting the bridge piece and theunder side of the top and having an opening therethrough that is alinedWith the opening in said bridge piece, a socket member located above thebridge piece, and a leg fitting in the openings in the bridge piece andbrace and being threaded into the socket of the member.

3. In mechanism of the character set forth,

the combination with a table top having angularly disposed meetingrails, of a bridge piece located in the angle formed in the rails andsecured to said rails, said bridge piece having'an opening therethrough,a brace secured to the under side of the top and being located ontheupper side of the bridge piece, said brace having an openingtherethrough that is alined with the opening in said bridge piece, asocket member located above the bridge piece and secured againstmovement to the top, and a leg having a portion fitting in the openingsin the bridge piece and brace and being threaded into the socket of themember, said leg having a por tion bearing against the under side of thebridge piece.

In testimony, that I claim theforegoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER J. INNES. i

/Vitnesses:

E. B. MIoHAEL, E. J. OLAUssEN.

